{"id":9590,"date":"2026-01-08T23:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/fentanyl-potency-overdose-deaths-decline\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:03:08","slug":"fentanyl-potency-overdose-deaths-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/fentanyl-potency-overdose-deaths-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Decrease in drug deaths stems from \u2018shock\u2019 to fentanyl supply, new research suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Decrease in drug deaths stems from \u2018shock\u2019 to fentanyl supply, new research suggests<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The significant, recent decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths was driven in large part by a sudden shift in North America\u2019s illicit drug supply in 2023, according to a new academic analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The drop in deaths likely stems from a decrease in fentanyl potency, researchers wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aea6130?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D436067792935069%5B%E2%80%A6%5DGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1767899004\">new paper<\/a>, which in turn might be the result of Chinese government crackdowns on groups that traffic precursor chemicals used to manufacture the powerful opioid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/01\/08\/fentanyl-potency-overdose-deaths-decline\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Read the rest\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Lev Facher<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/01\/08\/fentanyl-potency-overdose-deaths-decline\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Go to statnews<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decrease in drug deaths stems from \u2018shock\u2019 to fentanyl supply, new research suggests The significant, recent decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths was driven in large part by a sudden shift in North America\u2019s illicit drug supply in 2023, according to a new academic analysis.\u00a0 The drop in deaths likely stems from a decrease in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2183,1428,2180],"tags":[2150],"class_list":["post-9590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addiction","category-health","category-public-health","tag-statnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}